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Am I missing something here, I can't seem to find any results from the Western Regionals at Laku?

 

They usually updated upon completion of each event.

I did the same thing on a deep water start in Florida in May 2009. Damaged my SI joint. I was able to ski a couple weeks later but its still messed up. I got injections last year which really helped.

 

I actually did stretch, but my back was hurting from my sleep the night before. I was only awake an hour or so before I was on the water. I should have warmed up, loosened up my body more.

Wow, that is really good!

 

She is heavy into crossfit and doing really really well. I think that is her focus right now, hopefully she will be back skiing soon. She will be in great shape when she does.

That's so cool Russ! Great looking boat and lake too.

 

Richard, great video, thanks for posting. Sweet February 1 ball at 38, doubt I could even get there right now! Thinking about skiing this next week, temps getting into the 60s.

 

Hope you and Rob are having fun up there!

 

How much are they?

I saw Terry Winter several times this summer at tournaments, he actually had some stuff written on his ski and one of them was "Level shoulders."

Here is Kim's Nano One with a Terry Winter custom made ski skin

 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Bohdi/photo_zpsa661c876.jpg

@Steven Haines, I am of the opinion that products need to be proven through tournaments. If a product works, you will see it at tournaments. I also put weight on what pros or Big Dawgs use as far as equipment. I don't see the exo's, that speaks volumes to me.

Todd Risto said he is also on a Nano One, but its got the 9960 top plate and the Nano twist graphics.

When I looked at it in the sunlight, I saw it was a 9960 top plate, as it had the indented triangle on the tip where the "SL" would go. But the graphics were from a Nano.

I agree with Doane, plus it does make edge changes quicker.

 

One benefit is that it does better in rough or choppy water.

Not less than a 1/4. Would be 1/2 if she got over 1,3,5 buoy line, but hard to tell. Its close.

@slalomboy96, yes they are all like that

Thanks @ShaneH, Kim says the shorts look sweet (but she is the only one who's said that)! Thanks for posting the pics @Dirt. Great skiing BTW.

 

Kim got a LFF and a RFF Nano One, she is a LFF skier. She skis into 35 off on a good day. After extensive testing, the RFF was the clear winner, which is weird.

 

I was on the Nano One for 3 weeks. I generally agree with about all of @Horton post, but I DO think its a lot of work. But I was/am on a mid twist, so the Nano One was a big difference in speed and turn. Coming off of a traditional shape ski, I might not have noticed such a significant difference.

Yes @Mateo Vargas and @ShaneH, bring one dollar bills and beer, always a good time.

 

Anytime you need to "bring $1 bills", its a good time.

Darnit Than! Yea, I like my mid Nano, pretty stable ski. I ski very smooth on it. But after riding a Nano One and a Traditional Nano, I want to go back to the traditional shape. The Nano One did not work for me, just too much work, loved the turns tho.

 

The traditional width may not be as stable, but it has a more "race car" feel. I think it may be able to take me further. I was on the 9900 sl just like like you but sold it after buying my mid. I would like it back.

I am looking for either a Nano or 9960, but a traditional size, 65.75, 165 amp and right foot forward.

 

Feel free to email me.

 

mkbudreau@charter.net

 

THanks

Hey Matt, Nate got 1 at 43 in two out of the four rounds. He did come close to 2 ball one time. But no 1.5

@Horton, how does it compare to the A2?

Thanks @Rich and @scott,I will try coming up more on the on side and see how that goes. On offside I'm 99% on front foot, on side I tend to push on heals.

May as well throw in my experience too.

 

I have been running a lot of 38s in practice, but not in tournaments. Direct opposite of last year, when I ran a dozen or so in practice and the same in tournaments.

 

I practiced with my Nano mid last week, then jumped on the N1 on Thursday as we had a tournament this past weekend, 5 rounds. I ran my 38 otd on Thursday, got 3 at 9 and said fine, this will work for the tournament. I was less than 50% on my mid.

 

Long story short, I never made at 38 this weekend. I got 3 to 3.5 in all the rounds. With that said, I was in all of them but one (first round). My problems were clearly my on side, which used to be money and my off side was sketchy. Now, my off side is where I am making it up and my onside is either a crash, a stood up turn, or just ok. Several people that have seen me ski said the same about my on side, it was not a "snap" like before.

 

As frustrated as I am right now, I am still going to give it a little more time. I am going to tweak my binding set up a bit to better my on side. We will have to see if it hurts my on side.

 

In previous posts, I mentioned that the ski felt extremely slow. I do not feel this at all after 5 rounds in a tournament, but I still feel it shuts down going into the bouy much better than my mid. It also turns better, expect my on side at this point.

@Horton, from what I know of this ski, it should work well for your style. You have good, upright form and you always carried plenty of speed into the ball at 38, almost too much at times causing you to miss it. It seems to me that this ski allows you to ski "fast" and will slow you down in the preturn and make a good turn. When I saw you miss 38, its was because you were just getting later and later. Do you agree? When I miss a pass, its because I turned too hard, or rotated my shoulder or broke at the waist, or just lose the good form. You tend to keep your good form no matter what.

 

The reason I mention this is because Kim is also a "fast" skier with leaned back, locked position behind the boat. She will sometimes struggle making a good turn but she is money behind the boat. This ski allows her to just concentrate on the pull, and the ski pretty much does the preturn and turn by itself. When Kim used to miss a pass, she was like you, just getting later and later.

 

I guess I do not share this form and tend to ride my front foot hard, sometimes letting my shoulders lead the turn. I need more time on the ski, but I struggled to keep it in front of me. But I took one set where all I thought about was keeping it in front of me the whole time and skied well.

 

Just some random thoughts.

 

 

@momskier, and others. The doctor wanted to do surgery because he really couldn't tell if a tendon was ripped or not, he knew the muscle was. After surgery, he found the tendons were in tact but since he was in there, he did tried his best to repair the muscle. But he would not have done surgery knowing the tendons were in tact.